“and in the St. Louis area there is documented white flight … the whites take off, these become black neighborhoods. The schools they get forgotten and the black population feels forgotten, Bill.””
These schools continue to get about $13,000 a year per student, it just feels like they’ve been forgotten.
Yet, there are many private schools that get by with just $6000 a year per student, and they don’t feel “forgotten” by anyone.
The only thing “forgotten” is that the students “forget” to study.
The government doesn’t forget where to send the money.
With a homeroom size of (approximately, for estimation) 20 students .... That translates to $260,000 / year, per classroom.
With pay, benefits, etc etc etc, the teacher might account for $100,000 of that number. Where is the rest of the money going? Schools don't need to worry about taxes. Upkeep is always an issue, but 150-ish grand PER CLASSROOM buys an awful lot of upkeep.
I'd take a wild guess that expenses are going to administration. And, poor oversight of the budgets - after all, it's not their money being spent.
The department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is presently asking congress to have them be required in the approval process for mortgages.
They admit that their goal is to intergrate neighborhoods by race and income/affluence.
If approved, HUD will decide where you live and who will be your neighbor.